vice

vicevice /vaɪs/ noun1[uncountable]SCCcriminal activities that involve sex or drugsthe fight against vice on the streetsThe police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals involved in vice) in Chicago.2[countable]HABIT a bad habitSmoking is my only vice.3[countable, uncountable]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS a bad or immoralquality in a person, or bad or immoral behaviour opp virtueJealousy is a vice.to reward virtue and punish vice4 →vise →vice-like